Tony Khan reflects on Sting's run in AEW ahead of his final match at AEW Revolution.
Many in the wrestling world are paying tribute to the Stinger as he prepares for his final match, teaming with Darby Allin against Matthew & Nicholas Jackson, The Young Bucks, in an AEW World Tag Team Title match at AEW Revolution.
Tony Khan, on Twitter, reflected on his own relationship with Sting that has developed over the last three and a half years when sharing a Player's Tribune article featuring many colleagues and family members paying homage to the former WCW World Champion.
Tony Khan says he thought from the beginning that Sting would fit like a glove in All Elite Wrestling and reflected on suggesting the pairing of Sting and Darby Allin.
Tomorrow night, Sunday, March 3, the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina will be packed for AEW: Revolution, and fans from around the world will be watching live on pay-per-view to witness the well-deserved sendoff for professional wrestling’s most enduring icon:
@Sting
.Sting first contacted me about All Elite Wrestling in 2020, expressing interest in a comeback. Seizing the opening, I convinced him to make a surprise return to TNT, 25 years after his first appearance on the network, at AEW Dynamite: Winter Is Coming.
Sting in AEW would fit like a glove. The Stinger had kept himself in incredible condition, and for his return to the ring, I recommended a partnership that grew to be a bond far stronger than any wrestling hold. In our early phone conversations about a comeback, I told Sting that I saw a great deal of him in a tremendous young wrestler named Darby Allin, and I thought that they could be a great team, although I never imagined what close friends they'd become outside the ring as well. Sting's surprise arrival in AEW kicked off a mentor-protégé relationship with Darby Allin, which led to a tag team street fight at AEW: Revolution 2021 against Team Taz, Ricky Starks and Brian Cage, as Sting stepped in the ring again for the first time in years. Sting and Darby continued teaming in exciting matches for years to come on TNT and TBS, leaping off of stages, balconies, and ladders with reckless abandon as they accumulated an undefeated record. Finally, they captured the AEW World Tag Team Championship, and they went to bask in the glory of a victory celebration with Sting's family, only to have the timeless moment stolen in an abominable attack by AEW's jealous EVPs, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson, going against everything that the company is meant to represent when they desecrated a legend and hurt Sting's loved ones. And now, at AEW: Revolution, this Sunday, 3 years after the comeback began, it all comes down to one last grudge match, The Final Showtime: Sting and Darby Allin defending the AEW World Tag Team Championship against Matthew and Nicholas Jackson, the Young Bucks.
Before we all gather on Sunday to witness the culmination of one of the greatest runs in wrestling history, the AEW locker room and Sting’s family wanted to share their favorite memories in tribute to The Icon himself. We cannot thank him enough for everything he’s given us over his nearly 40-year career.
Fans can check out the tributes to Sting, ranging from fellow wrestlers like Adam Copeland and Chris Jericho to several of Sting's relatives, at this link.
At this link, fans can read Darby Allin's tribute to Sting ahead of their final tag team match.
Fans can check out the full card for AEW Revolution at this link. Fightful will have live coverage of the event on Sunday, March 3, 2024.
